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| Charadrius falklandicus |
Latham, 1790 |
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Family: plovers |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Two-banded plover |
Pluvier des Falkland |
Chorlitejo malvinero |
Falklandregenpfeifer |
| Migration: partial |
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mostly migratory |
Most birds migrate N in non-breeding season, although some still found on most of breeding range except
extreme S. on pacific coast, reaches antofagasta, N Chile; from Patagonia reaches Uruguay and Rio Grande do
Sul, SE Brazil. Seems faithful to wintering sites. Falkland Is population sedentary, only moving short distance
outside season. During non-breeding season loosely social, occasionally in flocks of 150 or more.
(del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1996)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1996) - www.hbw.com,
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(A digitised version of this map is published in GIS shape format on the GROMS CD).
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| (Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |